Organizational unit: RESEARCH DIVISION

Email
coordinacion.investigacion [at] iac.es
Headquarter
Headquarters
Description
The Research Division engages in the elaboration and development of research projects in astrophysics and its related fields. To meet its objectives, the Division is organized with a managerial structure and services dedicated to facilitating and channeling the development of its research activities.
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    Magnetism, Polarization and Radiative Transfer in Astrophysics
    Magnetic fields pervade all astrophysical plasmas and govern most of the variability in the Universe at intermediate time scales. They are present in stars...
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    Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies
    The general aim of the project is to research the structure, evolutionary history and formation of galaxies through the study of their resolved stellar...
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    Molecular Gas and Dust in Galaxies Across Cosmic Time
    Two of the most fundamental questions in astrophysics are the conversion of molecular gas into stars and how this physical process is a function of environments...
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    Morphology and dynamics of the Milky Way
    This project consists of two parts, each differentiated but both complementary: morphology and dynamics. Detailed study of the morphology of the Milky Way...
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    Nuclear Activity in Galaxies: a 3D Perspective from the Nucleus to the Outskirts
    This project consists of two main research lines. First, the study of quasar-driven outflows in luminous and nearby obscured active galactic nuclei (AGN) and...
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    Nucleosynthesis and molecular processes in the late stages of Stellar Evolution
    Low- to intermediate-mass (M < 8 solar masses, Ms) stars represent the majority of stars in the Cosmos. They finish their lives on the Asymptotic Giant Branch...
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    Numerical Astrophysics: Galaxy Formation and Evolution
    How galaxies formed and evolved through cosmic time is one of the key questions of modern astronomy and astrophysics. Cosmological time- and length-scales are...
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    Numerical Simulation of Astrophysical Processes
    Numerical simulation through complex computer codes has been a fundamental tool in physics and technology research for decades. The rapid growth of computing...
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    Observational Tests of the Processes of Nucleosynthesis in the Universe
    Several spectroscopic analyses of stars with planets have recently been carried out. One of the most remarkable results is that planet-harbouring stars are on...